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Philosophically speaking, there is no such thing as computer generated art. Even in its most automated state, the process of creating art depends on human artistic judgments. Even if the art is created by running filters over a photograph, the original photo was composed and captured by humans and the artistic decisions about how to…

Showtime’s new age murder drama, Dexter (2006- to present), is more than what the cover art will have you to believe it is, or is it? Dexter is a television show about the life of a murderer. Dexter, the main character, is no ordinary killer though. He is a community hero! He kills murderers; only…

            Said to be one of the most important 20th century documents on culture, Clement Greenberg actually developed a distate for this essay. Especially with bizarre statements like, “only under socialism could the taste of the masses be raised,” one can see that there was an echo of 1930s Marxism foreshadowing his work. His learned…

The ABCs of Black and Blue Black and Blue was one of Armstrongs greatest hits, it is hard to believe that a remade song could rank so high on his greatest. Armstrong had a unique way of taking a song that had already been published and making into his own work of art. Black and…

            Ansel Adams was a member of the Western school of photography, which included others such as Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham and as a group were nature-oriented, nature encompassing everything from a desert landscape to closeup floral forms, to studies in humans.  Adams was a member of the Western school that brought together an…

Punk rock, cartoon-like and text heavy are some common descriptors of cotemporary artist Raymond Pettibon’s work. His work throughout the last twenty five years is a compilation of image and text that has been influenced by previous artists and influences many newer artists as well. The artist known as Raymond Pettibon was born Raymond Ginn…

Roy Lichtenstein, born on October 27th, 1923 in New York City, had a quiet childhood. His father worked as a realtor and his mother was a housewife. Despite attending a school that did not offer art classes, Lichtenstein took up classes at the Parson School of Design when he was fourteen. After graduating from high…

Thangka is a Tibetan word signifying and illuminated Buddhist scroll mounted on silk. Every multitudinous detail in such paintings is symbolic a Bodhisattva might be pictured seated in the center of a geometric mandala, concentration on which is used as a meditation aid. When judging prices, take a close look at the quality of execution of…

The image of the nude is dateless. cardinal and cosmopolitan. It has the ability to motivate intense involvement. longing and even repulsive force in the spectator. We frequently find that images of the bare reflect upon society’s attitudes towards beauty and gender issues. These issues are strongly highlighted in Jenny Saville’s nakedly confrontational ‘Propped’ ….

Those who are struggling with their ability to communicate effectively, struggling socially, or who are having behavioral problems, often find expressive art therapy as an engaging and effective outlet (Malchiodi, 2005). However, this therapy isn’t exclusive to the general public or ‘only’ for those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction; prison populations and juvenile justice…